FREE concerts: healing through music
June 9-10, 2025: LMMO and St. Alphonsus Healthcare present virtuoso, Richard Smith -- who could play everything Chet Atkins had recorded by age 11 -- to Baker City for music outreach!
Location: Churchill School Arts Center
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LMMO PROJECT SPONSORSHIP
LMMO is honored to be a major sponsor of world-class artists' albums, cutting edge music scholarship and publication, and more.
SPONSORED PROJECTS
Phil Keaggy - vinyl limited gift edition of his 1991 classic, Beyond Nature album
Calum Graham - Sympatheia album
Billy McLaughlin - Dream Without Fear album
Mandy Harvey - Paper Cuts album
Pierre Bensusan - Azwan album
Stropes Foundation - Leo Kottke 6- and 12-String Guitar expert transcription
Virtuoso Phil Keaggy brought us 'Beyond Nature' in 1991, an instrumental work whose beauty is timeless. LMMO is honored to have sponsored the only vinyl edition of this acoustic guitar masterpiece. All copies of this limited gift edition release have been distributed - please contact us if you're interested in helping us do another production run.
Calum Graham won the Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition in 2010 at age 18, a first for a teenager. He hasn't looked back, and has released 9 albums and earned a spot on Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s “Top 30 Guitarists Under 30.” In an age often emphasizing style over substance, Calum's musicianship quickly reveals a master whose brilliant style fully serves his deeply moving melodies and compositions. LMMO was delighted to be a major sponsor of his 2022 album, Sympatheia.
Billy McLaughlin could be considered one of LMMO's quintessential artists. His heart and his music are expansive, and we are proud to have sponsored his first studio album in 2 decades.
Here's what Billy says about his great version of Peter Gabriel's tune: "My new single is 'Come Talk To Me', a cover by Peter Gabriel who is a musical hero of mine. His body of work is vast, layered, complex, intricately arranged and bound together by his emotive vocals. Wouldn’t seem likely that I could ever use one guitar and be able to effectively arrange any of my favorite songs by him to perform at my live shows – especially with just two fingers working on my fretboard hand. But that was my challenge as I dreamed of singing “Come Talk To Me”, the opening track from his album, Us (1992), featuring Sinead O’Connor. Experimenting with unusual tunings got me to a place that everything essential was intact and I sang this tune at my solo gigs with just one guitar for years. It was super fulfilling to create this recording that is essentially built around that solo guitar version. Newly arranged vocal parts with a unique set of ancient bagpipes played by Laura MacKenzie gives this version a special feel that I hope PG might hear some day."
LMMO had the privilege of being a major sponsor of the amazing Mandy Harvey's latest studio creation, her album, "Paper Cuts". She writes, "'Paper Cuts' is a collection of lessons learned and emotions discovered. 'Masterpiece' is a journey of collecting the broken pieces of who I am and embracing each and every piece, including the ones I wished at some point hadn't happened or could have been thrown away. 'Bought Myself Roses' is a celebration of all the beautiful discoveries I made as I took time to focus on self care. It is an encouragement to take time to focus on your own mental health and breathe in the beauty of the world we live in. 'Lucky' 'Light' 'Kismet' 'Her' 'On The Line' and so many more each have stories to tell.
The sound? Well that's an interesting question. My music is created with the emotion of the moment. Overall I would say Pop/Indie pop with a background in jazz that shines from time to time. As the deaf one in the room I write based on how it makes me feel. "
LMMO was grateful to be a major sponsor of the beautiful "Azwan" album, which Pierre Bensusan recorded in late 2019. He had intended to promote it on his 2020 tour which was wiped out by the pandemic. Enter into his world of sonic beauty and healing, and promote the album and its creator through CD purchases, Spotify traffic, and any other means you can.
LMMO was delighted to be a major sponsor of this incredible work. Renowned fingerstyle and Kottke scholar, John Stropes, has endowed the guitar & music world with this unique and monumental project. The entire 6- and 12-String Guitar album has been meticulously transcribed and annotated, allowing for the preservation and sharing of Kottke's watershed work, which redefined the potential and vision of acoustic guitar.
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